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Cryptic Scripts of Fallen Civilizations
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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  • 1. Nubian kingdom’s mysterious script, only partly understood today
  • 2. Pertaining to carved symbol systems, often used for ancient Mayan language
  • 3. Middle Iranian script transmission conduit for Silk Road texts
  • 4. General term for archaic writing systems predating established alphabets
  • 10. Obscure ancient Indic script known mainly from inscriptions in Himalayan region
  • 12. Mycenaean syllabary undeciphered for millennia, successor to Linear A
  • 14. An extinct West African script rumored but never proven
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  • 5. Harappan civilization's enigmatic script defying modern linguists
  • 6. Ancient petroglyphic script found in Italian Alps, a proto-writing system
  • 7. Mystifying glyphs of Easter Island still resisting all deciphering
  • 8. Wedge-shaped marks inscribed on clay tablets of Mesopotamia
  • 9. North African extinct script linked to Libyan-Berber inscriptions
  • 11. Aztec-era Nahuatl script term meaning sacred book or codex
  • 13. Egyptian language’s last stage recorded in Greek alphabet with demotic additions
  • 15. Late Egyptian script derived from hieratic, used for daily affairs
  • 16. Refers to an extinct script family named after a mathematician, but puzzles mathematicians and linguists alike

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